I’ve stared at my phone, thinking I could will it to ring.
I’ve wondered if my friend was ever going to understand what I meant to say.
I’ve spent years trying to get pregnant only to realize that wasn’t God’s plan for us.
I’ve journeyed through two adoption processes that were full of anticipation and waited unsuccessfully for others that never worked out.
Waiting has been a theme in my life – and I’m guessing it’s no stranger to yours. I’ve waited and gotten something better than I anticipated. I’ve waited and what I hoped for never came.
Regardless of the outcome, God works in the wait.
Waiting is hard, yet it is something we all do. Every day, many times a day, really.
We wait for lights to turn green. We wait for people to return calls and extend invitations. We wait for the mail to be delivered. We wait for dinner to be ready and bedtime to come. We wait for the next season and the next adventure. We wait for babies to be born, job promotions to come, sickness to pass, people to understand what we meant, the necessary finances to come.
We wait.
Waiting was a theme in God making a momma. My husband and I tried for two years to become pregnant. The waiting broke my heart, but I have since learned I didn’t approach that season in the way God intended.
I waited for a positive pregnancy test like I was wasting my time yet God was busy orchestrating an adoption story. We held our daughter in our arms seven months after we stopped trying to get pregnant. But in those years of trying, I didn’t draw near to God or seek out truth in the moment.
I didn’t worship and live while I waited. Waiting consumed me.
God has since taught me about purpose in waiting.
{Read the rest of this post at Circles of Faith, where I'm happy to be a regular contributor.}
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